MEXICO

A top UN human rights investigator said "torture and ill treatment during detention are generalized in Mexico, and occur with impunity," adding in “there are literally hundreds of thousands of concerns or UN complaints and very few cases that are even investigated let alone reaching convictions." UNTV CH

Parents of two of the forty-three disappeared students in Mexico were present Monday and Tuesday during the review of the government by the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances, seeking answers on whereabouts of their children. OHCHR

US President Barack Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron, as well as the leaders of Mexico and Samoa, address the UN Climate Summit. Obama said "the alarm bells keep ringing. Our citizens keep marching. We cannot pretend we do not hear them. We have to answer the call.” UNIFEED – UNTV

A new report presented by the former President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, finds that governments and businesses can now improve economic growth and reduce their carbon emissions together. UNIFEED – UNTV

The United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) 2013 Human Development Report entitled "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World" was launched in Mexico City today by UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto. UNDP

An unprecedented rise in the number of journalists killed and imprisoned in the past year coupled with restrictive legislation and state censorship is jeopardizing independent reporting in many countries says a report released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists at the United Nations in New York. UNTV

Global efforts to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS are showing optimistic results, but transformative efforts are needed to accelerate progress, according to the latest Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. UNAIDS

As global population rises, projected to reach 7 billion in October 2011, so does the population of the world’s cities. Thousands of young people live as homeless on the streets of Mexico City, the world’s eighth largest city. Many of them, who had fled their homes because of lack of jobs or family violence now [...]